McKenzie

Echoing what was said below. Some channels are dangerously encumbered by wood. One instance in the first half mile is especially scary with strong current flowing to the right bank in the larger of two channels. If you do this section, go slow and scout this section and consider the smaller channel. There was debris on the bottom of the river--evidence that another boat had flipped here.

The riverwide wood is gone, relocated by high flows or beavers, I cannot tell. We ran it twice last week, on June 27 and 29, at ~3,000cfs, and had good clean fun. Zero portages, ducks or boofs are required. There is still a great deal of wood along the edges and blocking side channels, and the river is very continuous and semi-eddyless in this section meaning when a tree does block your path you won't have much time or many options. Some of our group spent a day removing a raft from where it had been stashed after an unskilled paddle crew pinned it on a log. Nothing risk free about it.

Re-Posted from Jesse Send on Eugene Kayaker

Ollalie to paradise 3 strainers.
1st one is .5 miles into the run, MANDATORY portage river left. 2nd strainer 100150yrds before 2nd bridge (frissel) take river left or far river right. 3rd strainer have to boof over. This will not be passable once flows drop
I ran it at 16501700 (McKenzie bridge gage, Oregon levels)
Use extreme caution after frissel. At this point I would avoid olallie unless you are comfortable with micri Eddie next to brush and portage.

Edit to previous log jam situation:
I was reading the oregon levels from pat welch. (2.2k cfs) AW would have to read 3.5kcfs for this stretch as vida is the gauge.
The log is passible at over 3.5k cfs according to AW. Sorry for the confusion.

River wide log one mile after deer creek rd. Able to pass over at 2.2kcfs. There is a small opening at river right but hard to get too because the current pushes you to the log.

Total river wide blockage on the upper Mckenzie River 1/2 mile downriver of Deer Creek Bridge. Ollalie campground boat launch is hazard tape'd off and signs posted. Two trees came down when a large root/mud wad eroded and fell down. Able to view blockage easily from McKenzie River trail.